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What is heaven like? Many people have pondered this and would love to have a view into heaven. Is it a place where there are beautiful golf courses, or the most perfect fishing lakes or perhaps a place where people eat the most incredible delectable food and never gain weight!!

In Revelation 4, John is taken up to heaven and instructed to write what he sees. The problem is that there are no words to adequately capture what his eyes take in. When we read these words, it makes our hearts yearn for more.

John is shown the things which must quickly take place. In other words, John is shown the future events of the last days. But first, John is given a vision of heaven itself.

We are brought with John into the scene before him. If we could only see what his eyes saw, but we take in his view, his description of what he saw and gain insight for our own lives, and be changed by it.

There is a phrase I have come to truly appreciate; “We are changed in the presence of a Holy God.” These verses draw us into God’s presence and give us a deeper understanding of His heart and character.

John describes the scene, there was a throne standing in heaven and One sitting on the throne, radiant in glory. Around the throne were 24 thrones and upon the thrones were 24 elders sitting, clothed in white with golden crowns on their heads.

There were also four living creatures before the throne who never cease to say, “Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty.”

Holiness is the character of God and He wants us to be changed to be like Him in heart and character, so there is much to learn from understanding these verses that describe God.

The four living creatures are angels that are nothing like anything we can imagine, but they represent the nature of Jesus Christ.

The prophet Ezekiel had a similar description of the throne in heaven and Jewish Rabbis taught that the four faces in Ezekiel’s vision represent God’s greatest creations. They were also represented on the ensign, the standard, used by each of the lead tribes when Israel camped in the desert:

East Judah Lion
West Ephraim Ox
South Reuben Man
North Dan Eagle

The early church fathers taught that these faces represent the qualities of Jesus Christ that He would desire in each of us. Some have also suggested that they represent how Jesus is presented in each of the Gospels.

In Matthew, Jesus is seen as the King, the Lion of the tribe of Judah. In Mark, He is seen as the servant, represented by the ox. In Luke, He is seen as the Son of Man, represented by the face of a man in Revelation; and then John, He is seen as the Son of God, represented by the eagle.

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